Town of Thebarton

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Town of Thebarton
South Australia
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Former Thebarton Municipal Offices, pictured in 2014
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Town of Thebarton
Coordinates 34°54′55″S138°34′21″E / 34.9153°S 138.5725°E / -34.9153; 138.5725 Coordinates: 34°54′55″S138°34′21″E / 34.9153°S 138.5725°E / -34.9153; 138.5725
Established1883
Abolished1997
State electorate(s) Peake (1970–1997)
West Torrens (1956–1970, 1915–1938)
Thebarton (1938–1956)
LGAs around Town of Thebarton:
Woodville
Hindmarsh-Woodville 		Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh-Woodville 		Hindmarsh

Hindmarsh-Woodville
West Torrens Town of Thebarton Adelaide
West Torrens West Torrens Adelaide

The Town of Thebarton was a local government area of South Australia from 1883 until 1997. It was seated at the village of Thebarton, now an inner west suburb of Adelaide.

Local government in Australia

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South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

Thebarton, South Australia Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Thebarton, formerly Theberton, is an inner-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens. The suburb is bounded by the River Torrens to the north, Port Road and Bonython Park to the east, Kintore Street to the south, and South Road to the west.

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History

The township of Thebarton was split from the City of West Torrens and incorporated on 8 February 1883 as a municipality called the Corporation of Thebarton. [1] The municipality was divided into four wards: Strangways, Musgrave, Torrens and Jervois. The inaugural mayor was proclaimed to be Benjamin Taylor and the councillors were proclaimed as Thomas Prichard, James Vardon, Edward Cunliffe Hemingway, William Pepper, James Bernard Broderick, Richard Wilson, Joseph Stevenson and James Manning.

City of West Torrens Local government area in South Australia

The City of West Torrens is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Since the 1970s the area was mainly home to many open spaces and parks, however after the mid-1990s (1993-1995) the LGA became more residential.

At the time of incorporation, all of the modern suburb of Thebarton and most parts of the modern suburbs of Torrensville and Mile End defined the extent of the municipality of Thebarton. The town boundaries were formalised with the River Torrens and Adelaide parklands forming the northern and eastern borders. The town was bordered on the west by the modern Hardys Road, Rankine Road and Bagot Avenue, and the southern boundary was between one and two city blocks north of the modern Sir Donald Bradman Drive, running from Bagot Avenue to the parklands.

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Mile End, South Australia Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Mile End is an inner western suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of West Torrens, around 2 kilometres from the Adelaide city centre. It has a census area population of 4,413 people (2011). Much of the suburb is residential, but there are small commercial areas along Henley Beach Road and South Road.

River Torrens river in Australia

The River Torrens is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains and was one of the reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows 85 kilometres (53 mi) from its source in the Adelaide Hills near Mount Pleasant, across the Adelaide Plains, past the city centre and empties into Gulf St Vincent between Henley Beach South and West Beach. The upper stretches of the river and the reservoirs in its watershed supply a significant part of the city's water supply. The river's long linear parks and a constructed lake in the lower stretch are iconic of the city.

In March 1997, the municipality of Thebarton was amalgamated with the City of West Torrens to form the City of West Torrens Thebarton. Mere months later the name of the new body reverted to West Torrens.

Neighbouring local government

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Thebarton town council:

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Town of Hindmarsh Local government area in South Australia

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City of Adelaide Local government area in South Australia

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References

  1. ↑ "Proclamations" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (7 ed.). 1883: 430. 8 February 1883. Retrieved 24 July 2017. Benjamin Taylor, Esquire, shall be the first mayor of the said corporation, and that Messrs. Thomas Prichard and James Vardon shall be the first councillors for Strangways Ward; that Messrs. Edward Cunliffe Hemmingway and William Pepper shall be the first councillors for Musgrave Ward; that Messrs. James Bernard Broderick and Richard Wilson shall be the first councillors for Torrens Ward; and that Messrs. Joseph Stevenson and James Manning shall be the first councillors for Jervois Ward; and that Messrs. Vinrace Laurence and Edward Lowe shall be the first auditors for the corporation of Thebarton, aforesaid.


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